tf; p J. 'ij DAILY EDITION BY MAIL FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR WEEKLY EDITION BY MAIL; TWO DOLLARS A YEAR: ���i* NINTH YEAR NELSON: MONDAY MORNING DECEMBER 24 1900 PRICE FIVE CENTS CVH AINSWORTH A BUS! Ill CAMP The Highlander Already a Producer and Likely to Soon Be a Dividend Payer. OTHER PROMISING PROPERTIES IN THE DISTRICT The Ainsworth mining camp is busier today than it has been for several years. A number of properties are working, a couple of them on an extensive scale, and, more important still, at least two large propositions are approaching the pro- ��� dueing basis. The Highland mine may already be regarded as .a producer and if its management keeps up to the record for enterprise already established, the mine will be paying dividends early iu tho new year." Tlie owners aud prospectors operating in the camp are hopefully awaiting the advent of the next mining season and are confident in the belief that the immediate future has bright things iu store for the oldest mining camp in the Kootenays. Next- to tho Highland the Sunlight and Star group is attracting most attention. The-property is being operated by the Ainsworth Mining and Smelting Company who own the Star and a syndicate owning the Sunlight. D. i\ Hatch is the resident manager and under his direction the group, particularly the aStar, has,made rapid advances until it is at the present time among the best developed claims in the entire camp. The Star was ac- quiredby the company a couple of yeavs ago from D. F. Strabeck and jr^-vliissell Hardy of Ainsworth. About the same time a syndicate comprising judge Cheney of Los Angeles, honorable'Charles A. Riddle of, Seattle, B. P. Field of Los Angeles,'^J.TL.5Vhitney:of the same- place, Mr. Hatch arid others purchased the Sunlight from Miller and Neilson of Washington. The claims adjoin, and most of the development up to date has been done on the Star. * J The properties are located on the south side of Cedar creek, two and a half miles from Woodbury creek, a milo west of Ainsworth and about 2000 feet west of the Highland. A comfortable and splendidly situated camp has been constructed with excellent accommodation for a large staff of men., The propositions are primarily silver-lead, the ore averaging 05 to 75 per cent lead and 35 to 50 ounces in silver. The formation's somewhat unsual, however, the ore parrying iu addition to the ordinary values 4 to 5 per cent copper and gold running as high in gold as $47.54, although the _average_is_vei*y_c*oiiskierably__below_ this sum. There are four veins ou the property, two fissures and two contacts, one of each having been developed. The vein on which the most work has been done is rich. The paystreak is 12 inches to 4 feet in width and beyond this is 50 feet of concentrating ore estimated to run _ per cent lead and IS to 20 ounces in silver. Some 000 feet in tunnel.***, shafts, upraises, etc., has been done on tho Star and a splendid body of oro is in sight. Work will bo started on the Sunlight 'next month. The company has a comprehensive program mapped out for 1901, the completion of which will place the property on a footing with the best producers in the district. It is proposed to erect a tramway, put in compressed air from the Coffee creek plant and ship steadily with a crew of 40 to 50 men.. A quantity of clean shipping ore is to be taken out at once and a trial shipment of 100 tons will-be made a couple, of mouths hence. ,.......���'." ----The. Highland Mill. ' The new concentrator erected at the Highland mine will be started with, the first few days in January. E. R. Woakes, local manager, spent several days at the property this week. The finishing touches are being placed on tho building rapidly. The Highland is to use compressed air from the Coffee creek plant and work has been started in clearing the ground for the pipe line. A five inch pipe will be connected with the feed main from the plant on Coffee creek and run a distance of 13,300 feet to point from which .V- will be distributed for use in the li mine. Eventually the Star mhie will connect with the some pipe line. '' ;.' In the Big Tunnel. Work is progressing steadily in the big tunnel on*-the" Highlander property. The Spokane Diamond Drill Company is said to be making over 25 feet daily on their contract, and the drill is in 250 feet on the face. As far as Ti-fi" Tribune is aware no ore body of auy magnitude has been encountered as yet, but the management estimate from the pitch of their vein that the ore should be tapped with another 100 feet of work. A peculiar feature in connection with tho drilling is the faen that some inconvenience has been experienced because of water. Apparently a very wet strata has been opened up, as a jet of water is forcing its way out of the core holder with a power estimated at 250 pounds. The poffee creek plant's compressed air"is"��ljeihg used on the machine and foreman Patterson, who has had a wide experience with every description of power utilized in the west, has stated that the compressed air as supplied from the creek is the best power he has yet used and is as neilr perfection as he ever expects to strike. The big tunnel on the Highland is one of the most notable undertakings in the district. It was started on a scale of eight feet in the clear and run some distance at a cost of about $20 per foot. Then the dimensions were reduced to 5 feet by 7 feet in the clear with au incline of nine inches in each 100 feet. The tun-, 'nel is.on a-straight line and' a, niaiv standing afc the breast, now 1275 feet in, can see through the entire length to the entrance. "When tho ore body is tapped a depth of 600 feet will be secured. The company, represented by Maxwell Stevenson, junior, has spent from $18,000 to $20,000 on this feature of development. - Developing the King Solomon. Dr. Wingate of Spokane has been a resident of Ainsworth for the past month and has started work on the King Solomon property. This proposition is located on the No. 1 wagon road somewhat southwest of the town and almost due west of the Highlander mine, and should not be confounded with the ' holdings of the King Solomon Mining Company in Woodbury creek. A small crew of men is at work and .compressed air_has_been_introduced to operate the drills and a power whim. The compressed air is secured here under a head of over 80 pounds, and in, this connection it may be stated that wherever the air has been used it has maintained a pressure of not less than SO pounds regardless of the calls made upon the various mains. It is stated that the King Solomon has an excellent showing. Miscellaneous. The King Solomon Mining Company is working a considerable force of men on its property on Woodbury creek. The development is being carried forward with a view to recovering the vein, which was lost some time ago. The old owners worked this vein and made some shipments from which very high returns were had. The King Solomon company is one of the most remarkable concerns in the Kootenays in respect to the extent of its holdings. The corporation controls 40 full claims, .aggregating over 1500 acres of mineral land. It is stated that among the people behind the company is John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate. A number of the prospects on the north fork of Woodbury creek are shoAving up well on the surface. If further development pr.oyes that the showings hold good with depth, this section will couie to the front in the next year or two. Some of the Ainsworth mining men are disposed to dispute the accuracy of the statements about Coffee creek published last week iu The TuiBUNis regarding ranching land on the creek. One gentleman referring to. the matter, said: "I never saw a spot oh Coffee creek where one could plant ten -, hills of corn without a shotgun to distribute the seed." The Thunderer on the Treaty. London, December 23.���The Times, iu an editorial on president McKinley's decision to submit the Hay-Pruncefote canal treaty to Great Britain, reproaches him with "shifting*1 a dangerous responsibility" on the British government, and says: "The president must bear the responsibility for any friction that may ensue. The amended treaty is a bargain to whieh we cannot agree, and to which no reasonable American who takes the trouble to reflect upon the question can expect us to agree. If the Hay- Pauncefote treaty is not adopted in a form acceptable to us we shall stand quietly upon our indubitable rights under the Clayton-Bnlwer treaty, which can not be refuted by any action the American senate may choose to take." A BORN MILITARY GENIUS BUYING HORSES IN KANSAS ENGLISH GOVERNMENT MAKING HEAVY PURCHASES. Fifty Thousand Cavalry Animals Wanted���Will Cost,$380 a,Head, to Land Them.* Kansas City, Missouri, December 23.���Captain Ileygate of tho British army is purchasing 50,000 cavalry horses and- mules for the British army in South Africa. He came here more than a year ago to buy but was ordered home again a short time ago. - But the unexpected renewal of hostilities has made the purchase of more horses and mules necessary. As fast as the animals . aro inspected and ��� bought they will be sent to New Orleans'aud* shipped to Capetown, Durban and New London on British transports, some of which are now on their way to the United States. One shipload of the animals will be taken to South Africa by Lieutenant David Moberly, leaving New Orleans soon after January. Lieutenant Moberly said, "By the time the horses and mules are landed in South Africa they will cost the British government $380 a head. That is a large price for au animal whicli will be fit _ for service only six weeks. Most of the animals " die because of the change in climate. They must cross the equator in going to South Africa and the torrid heat of the , tropics kills them rapidly. The average death rate on shipboard is 32 to the thousand. Forty days after a horse is purchased iu Kansas City it is landed in South Afiiea. Since the beginning f the Boer war England has purchased over 100,000 head of horses aud mules iu the United States. Ifc required Go ships to carry them from New Orleans to ���South Africa. Baden-Powell now has 25,000 mounted police and it is proposed to mount 50,000 of the imperial infantry.- England has discovered that her soldiers must be mounted to be able to cope with the Boer, who gets over the country with alarming rapidity. Got the Wrong Man. Omaha, Nebraska, December 23. ���The mysterious "dark" man in the Cudahy kidnapping case was arrested this afternoon by the police from the description given by Miss Maud Munshaw, who lives near the house in which Eddie-;Cudahy was held for ransom by his abductors. His name is E. D. Johnson. He is a laborer in the Cudahy Packing Company. He admitted haying gone out to the Grover street house three times for the purpose of renting the building, which he. found already let to the "light" man and his - accomplices. Johnson easily proved to the satisfaction of the police and Mr. Cudahy, who was called in, that he had nothing to do with the case and was allowed to return to his wife and family. Chief of polico Donahue is well pleased with the progress his men are making, saying that the arrest of Johnson narrows the case down by eliminating one of the extraneous features and centering the chief interest about the "light" man who rented the house from Mrs, Schneid- erwind. \ IS WHAT A CORRESPONDFNT TEEMS DEWET Capetown Advices Present Bather a Gloomy View of the Situation- Kitchener's Eeports. London, December 23.���Lord Kitchener's dispatches are almost the only available nbws from tho seat of hostilities in South Africa, but telegrams, from Capetown depict the situation in .anything b��ut roseate views. Without believing the assertion of 'the Transvaal .agency in Brussels that 0000 Boers have invaded Cape Colony it is quite evident that the invasion was a serious and well planned affair. In connection with this, a correspondent sends an extremely interesting letter dated Bethulie, December 1, describing general Dewet and his doings. "Dewet has never been taken seriously enough," says/the correspondent. "It is ���of 'little use to pursue hinv; he fights'/a-rear guard action and gains 20 miles while" he is being fought. He'isaborn mili- .tary -ge.nius,* whos'e - wonderful powers have kept up^ this - phenomenal resistance. Once he fails the whole thing couldbeFcrushed .in a fortnight. He has \ every single commando under his supervision*. All his patrols and columns march aud countermarch--, ou ; -his order. The forces under his'cqmmand have' been reducedby his'strength of will to a properly' "organized army moving at- his wordl .'The sooner the British rid themselves of the idea that Dewet's forces are a mere rabble wandering aimlessly, the sooner they will 'grasp*' the. need of a determined effort which is necessary to capture hini."" The Cape Colony, cabinet had an important.-sibtin'g.. yesterday (Sunday). Tfc ~app_a.s "tlwt'i'Hhe**.-B_e'rs" have destroyed a railway bridge 00 feet long about twelve miles south of-De Aar, aud that no Cape mails have arrived at Bloemfontein for three daj*_. Further anxiety has been caused in Cape Town by the discovery that during tlie last two months public bodies i.n out-of-the- way places have requisitioned supplies of dynamite. The-colonial government is now endeavoring to recover possession of these explosives and is removing all stores of arms aud ammunition from suspected depots. Other advices from Cape Town represent the Dutch element in Cape-Colony.'as .greatly elated over the southward progress of the Boers and as boasting that the whole district of Victoria West will join the raiders. It is suspected in Cape Town that the force traveling from Zoutpan's Drift, is stroom and were followed by general Gordon with a column of French's force. Yesterday about 5 o'clock in the evening Clement's force was engaged south of Oliphant's Nek, but I do not yet know the result. A later dispatch from lord Kitchener dated Pretoria, Docember 22nd, says: "The western column of Boers occupied Britstown and cut the railway south of Dewar Junction. The enemy is being followed up. General French has been in contact for two days with the commando of Beyers and De- larey south of Magaliesberg. He is pursuing them. The enemy havo lost considerable and commandant Kreu/a and others captured. "General Colville engaged two separate commandos December 21st, near Vlokfontein with a light loss, the enemy retiring." BOEB SUCCESSES ARE EXAGGERATED Isaac N. Ford Takes in an Optimistic View of Conditions "South Africa. -yay ENGLISH PAPERS OH THE TREATY���THE QUEEN'S HEALTH Blizzard in Minnesota. St. Paul, December 23.���This section of the Northwest is experiencing the first blizzard of the present winter. BONDED THE ATHELSTAN AN IMPORTANT MINING DEAL AT PHOENIX. Canadian Contingent Arrive at Halifax ���General 'Telegraphic News From Dominion Points* not a body of Boers, but a body of colonials hastening to join the invaders. Tlie Pietermaritzburg correspondent of the Daily Mail says: "The Boers are active between .Tohanne9burg and Pretoria, exchanging shots with the British outposts, and it is reported that parties of Boers are hovering round Johannesburg." Thinks the Movement Checked. London, December 23.---The war office has received the-following dispatch from lord Kitchener dated Pretoria, December 22nd: So far as it is possible for me to form an opinion from the reports of oflicers on the spot, I think the Boor movement into Capo Colony has been checked. Of the two forces that entered the colony the. eastern is still north of the Southpansberg range, while the one which entered west appears to have been turned iu the direction of Britstown and Prieska. Our troops are getting around both bodies and a" ^special column is also being organized which will be dispatched immediately when I knovsrjlts services are most wanted. The Boers have not received much assistance in Cape Colouy so far as my information goes. We have armed some of the colonists who are assisting our forces. Railway and .telegraph communicatiou has been much interrupted by bad weather. Dewet is in the neighborhood of Senekal. General French in conjunction with general Clements attacked a force of Boers under Beyers, south of Magaliesberg. The Boers broke away in a southwesterly direction towards Potchief- P-jOBNix, December 23.���[Special to Tho Tribune.]���Another mine of prominence, the Athelstan, near Phoenix, is about'to pass into the hands of, strong Eastern Canadian capitalists. This week the majority of the stockholders gave an option on the property to Montreal monied' men now controlling the B. C. mine in Summit Camp. A short time ago manager S. F. Parrish, of the 13. C. mine, made an examination of the Athelstan and as a result the Clarence JMcCuaig-, interests of the Canadian-metropolis'havV taken-* a* short time option on the mine for $150,000, which ifc is thought will be taken up. The Athelstan is chiefly owned by parties in Spokane, Grand Forks and Phconix and has shipped 1200 tons of ore, giving average values of $12.13 per ton in gold aud copper. The mine is located about three miles east of Phceuix, notfar from the Winnipeg, and has over 800 feot of development work done. May Need Another Contingent. Montreal, December 23.���The Star's London cable says: Lord Kitchener has evidently made earnest appeals to the British government to despatch immediately large drafts of mounted infantry to hasten the end of the guerrilla warfare. Some say ho has asked for J_),000_me_n.__Ne_w_Zealaud_is_send^ ing another contingent and Anglo- Canadians are wondering whether, as Canada has no national force in South Africa now, the Strathconas being the result of private munificence, Canadians may not wish a second corps of five hundred mounted men from the Northwest to be raised and equipped by tlie Canadian government. Arrival of the Champlain. Halifax, December 23.���The Lake Champlain arrived at 3 o'clock this morning. All well. Tho men received a hearty greeting. There was a lot of delay in disembarking and entraining, and ib was not until 2 o'clock that the train got under way. It is expected to reach Montreal about 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. A $10,000 Blaze. MoNTRRaVL, December 23.���Fire tonight did $10,000 damage to the branch furniture store of H. A. Wilder & Co. on St. Catherine street. The loss was covered hy- insurance. Amputation Necessary. Kingston, Ontario, December 23.. ��� Pare, the Napanee bank robber, has had his loft leg amputated just above the knee. A running sore made the operation necessary. Body Recovered. Toronto, December 23.���The body of Mrs. Alfred Price, wife of superintendent Price of theC. P. R, was found today in Humber bay. She disappeared after doing some Christmas shopping last Thursday. She had been in low spirits-for some time. Nrcw York, December 23.���Mr. Isaac N. Ford, London correspondent of the New York Tribune, in a special cable letter dated 0 a. m., says: The situation in the Dutch territories is clearing slowly. The raiding bands which have invaded Cape Colony have not made any important captures or obtained any considerable number of recruits, and will probably be headed off speedily and forced to retire. The,*- are operating against pickets and petty garrisons and are picking up horses, clothing and miscellaneous supplies. The welcome extended them by the Dutch residents who have property to lose is chilly. Dewet is reported in Ladybrand district with 1000 men and Botha is hovering .about Stalderton with a force of equal strength. The operations of French and Clements against Delarey are not described iu detail, but the Boers have apparently been scattered. A small Boer commando is reported in the Pietersburg district and a larger one is in the neighborhood of Koo- m'atipoorfc. Small bands of guerrillas are in other sections of the veldt, but they are without artillery aud are incapable of making a serious attack upon the line of communication. The Boer campaign exaggerates the strength of forces remaining in the field. Corrected, it is less formidable than is1 ordinarily represented. The mobility of the raiding columns prevents successful pursuit, but no permanent advantages are derived even from such brilliant episodes as those of Dewetsdorp- " andyNooitegadecht, harassing and' troublesome as are the tactics employed.' An enormous British army still remains in South Africa and requires reinforcements,' but the victory lias been won and cannot; bo undone, and there is nothing to embitter the Christmas cheer. Foreign Relations. There has been a m.trked improvement in foreign relations during the last year. Germany's friendship has proved to bo real and earnest and l'Yench jealousy has been less mischoviou3 than was feared. The Anglo-German alliance is an evidence that British interests have not been neglected and that no liuropoan coalition can bo formed against them. If the Anglo- American relationsare really clouded by-the scnate_amendnients���to���tlie- canal treaty the English press is slow in discovering it, and the general public is incredulous and opoi- mistic. The Saturday Review, true to its moss-grown traditions, finds iu what it describes as the Nicar- augua scandal, proofs that the United States senate is playing . ,1K_.ZZi_y . - v<>a''*tS' 7 -,_,-*; havoc with..the rights of nations KU^ff- and international agreement.**-, that~ ./;i__% the president'is a weak politician^--.**>/��_! and England by her policy of-per- *$/$* petu.al concessions to the United 1~&<$SP> States and England lias liei'self; to-%?^' thank for tho pother. " ���-v\v-?.��_f*_r'5!_fe The Economist, in a grav more convincing argumen stress upon the duty of resppetin^^Jp treaties until their obligatioiis-'-aii^^ dissolved by mutual consent, 'niitlp***^^ expresses the hope that Mr. M_Kin-;_*^_*P- ley will rise to the occasion' au"5*v-i| would accept fortification of** the ','.,,/," canal as a guarantee of neutralizx-*"^; ���**-*;�� tion, charged the senate with tieat->"vi;-v'�� ing the Hay-Pauncefote convcntiortWy^ as if it were the work of the meresbf^v^ ignoramus, and sacrificing ti eatV^rK'3^. obligations .with' levity and reckless- y*f *|$ uess. The weak moralists lakola.^yfj' more serious view of the whole yy*fe affair, than the daily press. .The*" yj'>_�� general impression *,is -"that tho'^o^ transcontinental rail ways.are male- '��{-:' ~'M ing use of the senate to kill-the yyi-_- treaty and prevent the construe-���J. y| tion of the canal and that the lile'-'g^ Kinley administration, rather than---f-*\|2-} England, is under attack. If seere-^-y^ tary Hay has contrived -in.' tha.^-?;^ agreement * with .. the, Nic'iraguau^,,.;,^ government to outwit", the senatpr^'|,y*^% and to include in it a'r guarantee ofyv-i����f| his own -��� convention - -with''",-li:>Vt.'&?~i$0 Pauncefote, or:if president MrKiii-.^'^"*^; ley can offer the foreign office .*-**>:nf,i"i'c|^: leeway ^for making couce,-J���ioc3K-; based* on equivalents,'it may n.'it'baV;* impossible to patch up-some; J're.-UV; , compromise, although fcheproba- il*-vy.>^ ties are against it.' "The result wirijLVtj" depend upon the president's attitude and defensive resouivt*--.,' Neither tho foreign oilice nnv. tl.o> English people have-any. de.-ite"li�� ' prevent the construction of lh**^ canal in the interest of the freighc, business of railways. Tho Queen's Health. Referring to current rumors i o~* garding her majesty's health, Mr. * Ford adds: Court circulars \--ho\v that the queen .is driving daily at''- Osborne and this is. accepted as n. -J sign that the apprehensions enrrone ,'_ in the wesfc^end respecting the fail- ; ing of her health are groundh**?s. It is noticeable that tho royal* family party for Christmas is-' smaller than usual and that tho" Cimie*/. plans aro in a state" of un- " certainty. AVithout doubt there has been considerable uneasiness iu" the inner-circles at com t, tliaqueetu*~~-^- loss of appetite being considered an unfavorable symptom, and her anxiety over the recent bereave-'- ments and harassing cares of the ; princess Christian's household being' . noticeable Tho queen is desci ibed ��� by those who have seen her recently as unusually haggard and shrunken. -*j<��- .,-<���_���-: ,*-i ' ' '"*W ��� -**+a A DISPLAY WORTH SEEING P. Burns & Co.'s Exhibit. P. Burns At Company havo an exhibit of meat, poultry and game in their Baker street store today which easily excels anything of the kind ever shown in tho city and probably equals anything to bo seen in the Dominion of Canada today. This may seem to be a large order, but the citizens to examine the premises today are safe to corroborate tho statement. Not only is the exhibit large but it is really remarkable for its quality,-variety and the taste with which it is .arranged. Ono window is given over to game, a spruce tree occupying the center. Against this leans a black bear with jaws agape and paws embracing the tr.unk. About the bear are several genuine 'possums imported from southern Missouri. The trso is crowded with prairie chickens, quail and fox squirrels, the latter also being from Missouri. A fine deer is also part of tlie exhibition. On either side a��*o strings of wild duck, scores of brace.'*, including mallard, teal, and other choice varieties. The feature of the poultry display is a number of bronze turkeys imported from Missouri. These dainty little birds are yearlings, weigh from 2*5 to '���!'> pounds each and are as plump as partridges. Tho moat display is. very attractive. 'Its centerpiece is a mammoth carcass of prime Christina*? beef weighing a ton, flanked by a dressed hog which tips the scales afc 500 pounds. Around the walls aro carcasess of sheep and "steeis, each adorned with ro^ctten and ornamented with a fancy design picked out on tho skin at an outlay of week-* of time. Holly is artistically <-*!i-*- pended everywhere, and the fini-li- ing touch is given by the floor, whicli is done in green sawdust. Manager Frank Paddock and U\. staff have worked wonders with the material available, and they will reap their reward today in the admiration which the display can*- not fail to elicit. 23.���Tha Northern Want More Time. Ottawa, December Vancouver- Westminster ��� aud Yukon Railway Company will apply next session for an extension of time to complete work and also for permission to build into Dawson City and from thence to the Yukon, boundary. Y 2 THE TRIBUNE: NELSON B. C MONDAY DECEMBER U 1900 tf tf ti tf ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti Hi ti tf ti ti ti to -** _. ���^���^&*;_rjB,.j&'S'**'-*a* ff-0~9-0'0T0'0'-*' ��� ������ **. ********************* Christmas Decorations are now the order of the day. See Our Display of Silks ... ... to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to JUL BLACK AND COLORED TAFFETTA at prices ranging from 90c to $1.40 BLACK AND COLORED PEA DE SOIR at prices ranging from $1.50 to $2.25 BROCADES, AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT full range of colors, prices from $1.10 to $3.50 ***_******************** These ara prices and qualities which cannot be equalled in an/ store in Nelson. ***************���*********. TELEPHONE 13 '_*______:-__\��_\___i___i_r_i__��&^>&*;_~ �� ^-^-%A^*�� % ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti Hi ti ti ti ti ti ti ti Hi Hi ti ti il) ti ilt to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to 1to to ��he ��rttmm* _tUJ__U____l-l.X--_l_X-tI*'ITIlIT��IU-l��*_--L-L-U NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. From and after Oetober 1st, all subscribers to the Daily Tribune who are served by earrier will be required to pay their subscriptions weekly to the carrier. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Weekly, by oarrier , . . .$ 85 Monthly, by carrier . . ��� 1 00 Three Months, by oarrier ��� . . 2 60 Six Months, by carrier . ��� 5 00 One Year, by oarrier . . ��� 10 00 a���-fr^TTTiiriTii-imTTTTiimmmn:ammiimt The newspapers in this province that are - still devoting, editorial space to the pre-election charges against minister-of-interior Sifton had better devote the space so used to explaining how the raising of the duties on lead and ���load-products-benefit-the mine own-- ers of Kootenay. Mr. Sifton is in office for five years more, and abuse Avill not shorten his term a single day. John Patkrson announces himself a candidate for alderman in tho East ward. Mr. Paterson is a native of Scotland and a marine I'ligineer by trade. He was chief engineer of the Columbia _c Kootenay Steam Navigation Company, and placed tho machinery iu the steamer Nelson, in ISO I. Afterwards he became a part owner in the steamer Ainsworth, aud helped to run her for several years. He is a practical level-headed Scotchman, and if elected alderman the city's interests would be carefully looked after and guarded. ��� miners and coke burners, who will average .$2.50 a day. This means a further disbursement,.in wages of $3750 a day, or .$112,500 a month, or $1,850,000 a year.- Combined, the mining and smelting of 2500 tons of ore in southeastern British Columbia means an annual disbursement of .$.,000,000 in wages alone, the bulk bf which is spent in southeastern British Columbia. On the other hand,* suppose the . 2500 tons of ore mined in southeastern British Columbia was smelted at North- port and Tacoma and Omaha and Everett and other points in the United States, what- would be the loss to southeastern British Columbia? would, be unable to develop this power to advantage. Tt would require-too much capital. The City of Nelson could develop the power and sell it to the individual industries. But unless the city takes hold of the business in earnest, the people will find that all the land along Kootenay river available for sites for power houses is owned by the West Kootenay Power ��fc Light Company. This company will then have a monopoly of the water power in Kootonay river, and it is not likely thoy will make any great effort to build up industries at Nelson. * ___t_W >*______*' 0^____t__0.&_W__i 0t*^___W *a-a,^-___a* -4^*____& **^_____W 0Q^_\\_W *^__W_9 ' 00' 00-i 00f*'00 ' ' 00 *00 * 00 * f0 The 2 per cent tax on the output of metal mines, when understood, doos not seem to be so hard on the By the middle of March there will be five smelters in.operation in, southeastern British Columbia. These five- smelters will have a capacity of 2500 tons.of ore -a day. To produce the ore that will .be used in these five smelters will give steady employment to 2500 men, none of whom will receive less than $2..50 a day, and the average will bo $3 a day. These men will Avork every day in the year, and will earn ��$1500 a day,.or ;$225,000 .a month, #2,700,000 a year. y. The .-five.<��� smelt-* ' ers will give steady employment- to, j.500 smeltermen, rail way men, coal mine owners as the mine owners would make it appear. Their property, as real estate or improvement.*', is exempt from taxation, and they pay no taxes unless their mines are shipping oro. The Slocan mine owners who ship ore pay in the neighborhood of $1.20 a ton tax on oro that yields them about $00 a ton over and above the cost of transportation to market and treatment charges. Allowing $20 as the cost of mining a ton of Slocan ore, the tax is 3 per cent on the net profits. Compare the rate with taxation on incomes, and the man with an income is the person who has the best right to make complaint. Thr milling and smelting of ores is a business that requires a large expenditure every year for machinery. This machinery is now manufactured at points in Eastern Canada or in the United .States. The bulk of ifc should be manufactured right here in southeastern British Columbia, aud there is no point in southeastern British Columbia more central than Nelson. What has Nelson to offer in the way of inducements to such enterprises as machine shops, foundries, and ironworks? Sites are available. But how about; power? There is power going to waste in. Kootenay river, but individual industries The Mill Running Well. Further reports from the Chapleau mine are to the effect that the stamp mill started a couple of weeks ago is pounding away day and night and apparently giving good satisfaction. Yesterday a start was made with a trial run -which will determine just what the plant is doing. Fifty cars of ore were sent down from the mine, carefully sampled and then put through the stamps. The result of the run will be awaited with keen interest. Lucien Weyl, the company's financial manager, has taken up his residence at the mine until March-next when F. Mourgues, the engineer in charge, returns from France. From 30 to 35 men are employed under ground and tho woik is progressing .on a good basis. The vein, which was located a couple of months ago, after having been lost for twice that time, continues to hold good and there seems to be no doubt that the vein is now in place. TO THE ELECTORS OF J* ELSON: At tho request of a number of eleel ors, 1 havo decided to offer myself as a candidate for mayor at tho coming civic elections. I have served as alderman two years of the ' four during which tho city has been conducting its own affairs, and my record while in the connoil on the questions that are now the most important issues before the people of the'city U such as will bear inspcclipn. 1 believe that the city has valuable aswts in the water and olectr'c light systems, and while in the council I did everything possible to safeguard these asset-:; and if elected mayor no act or vote of ni'ne wl 1 be in favor of allowing cny outside corporate intercut to become a competitor witb , th** city in tho business of electric lighting, n business in which tho city has already-invested $70~000. While in tho council in 181*7,1 voted in favor cf incorporating a fair wuge clause in all contracts, and that principle was carried out in both letter and spirit. I see no roason to chantre my views on that question now. And I believe, further, that with competent' foremen and superintendence that the cily can get as good value for the money spent by having the greatbulk of its woik done by day's labor as by. tho contract system, and no good reason can bo advanced why the city should not pay the same rate of wages and work men the same number of hours as prevails iu private entorpriKOs, I am in favor of giving the business and property interests every safeguard possible, and to that end I believe the fire department-should bo made as efficient as possible, consistent wi'h tlie revenues of the cily. Nelson should be kept in advance of its rivals, and everything possible must be done to induce manufacturing enterprise*: to locate here, for it is the payrolls that build up lhe cities of today. Nelson, a western city, is as ordorly-and law abiding as eastern cities. This is because the people of Nelson aro tolerant. I believe that this spirit of toler.ation should be continued, and ) will If elected mayor do' no act to abridgo or curtail the rights or privileges of one class of our citizens merely because another class may have difl'orent views. Tho el'y has made a start In permanent street improvements, and I am in favor of continuing these improvements as fast as possible, with due regard lo the revenues of the city. If oleclcd mayor, lam in a position and will pledge myself to devote my time to Iho conduct. -of the-cityVbupinosJ. _-axx*2_n_xxzx*-xxixz:xJ-xxzxx-i Holiday �� Novelties % Arriving Daily. | xxixxizxxvazxxTzxx���zadl F1EJ> IRVINE & GO. ax_x___zxxxxxx__xxTXx__axx: axzxo ^*^,s*nj*y nrx-nxi: nxrm /f> E The new Straight J ft\ l Front Corset. We J ���"��� | have them. | RTTT-rirTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTI-TTTTTl ZXXXXt ^ Merchandise has its place iu the preparations for, the Xmas season. The attractiveness ���t" of the goods to be found in all our departments will make brisk selling for the next three weeks. to to to to to to to to to CHRISTMAS DOLLS to to to to to to to to '"^ axzxnxxxxxxxixzixxxxxxzixmxxx: ffr\ I S.D-e agents ggL ,8 for Butterick "f> �� Patterns #ljV--^ rrTTrn-ccxx-arrxxxxxxxixxxxio-; Our new line of dolls is now on display. While the quality is of the highest, the price is so modestly low that you will be surprised nt the si/eofthe doll you can g*et for a dollar or two. Jointed dolls, kid-bodied dolls, new French-shape dolls, blonde dolls, brunette dolls, ,9 to 27 inches ; 35c to $8/50 SILK WAISTS Nothing* but the finest taffeta, liberty satins and liberty silks, from $3.50 to $15 FURS The great, demand for furs this season was recognized by us very early���in time to make selections when they were at their best. Whatever there is for ladies to wear, made of fur, will be found in this department at very low prices. HANDKERCHIEFS You lose most of your handkerchiefs, the laundries wear out the rest, and your handkerchief case needs constant filling. We have them from 5C to' $7.50 -each. WINTER GLOVES and Mittens in great variety. The very latest style in gloves is the suede, castor and mocha. These Hoves are nice for cold weathers as they are much warmer than dressed kid. We carry these lines in black, mole, tans and greys, $1.25 to $2 EIDERDOWN COMFORTS The cold snap which we have just experienced suggests what we may expect when the winter sets in in earnest, so get your comforts now and be ready. Prices, $1.50 to $25 to to to to to to to to to to to to __a FEED IRVINE & CO. exxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*���:xxxxxxxxxx*-xxxx-' Special care taken in filling all mail orders. XXXXXXXXXTXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXI to to to to to to 321 to 331 Baker Street, Nolson American aq-UEuropean' Plans. CENTS MEALS 25 FUA.XIC FLETCHER. Nelson, December I-ilh. WOO. A CARD. To tub Katei'.vvui-'i ok the Citv oi* Nki.- hon.���Ladies and Gentlemen: Having been reel nested by a number of friends (ratepayers) ln this city to become a candidate for alderman ln the East ward, I may say I have plenty of spare time on hand, nnd would bo pleased to dovotc a portion ofit toward attending to your interests, not only in' tho East ward, lint throughout the city gonorally. Should yon deem ipy KCivicos acceptable, and honor mo with u placo at your municipal hoar), I shall do my best lo merit tho confldenco placed In mo. Faithfully, JOHN PaVTBUSON. Nelson, B. f'., Doc-mi.ber -.111, l'MX). ROOMS LIGHTED BY ELECTRICITY AND HEATED BY STEAM 25 CENTS TO 91. QUEEN'S HOTEL BAKER STREET. NELSON. Lighted by Electricity and Heated with Hot Air. . Large. comfortable bedrooms and flrsb-claaa dining-room. Sample rooms tot commercial men. RATES $2 PER DAY IY|rs. E. C. Clarke, Prop. LATE Or THE ROTAL HOTEL. CA_SAB_. ' fyadden House Baker and Ward Stroets, Nekton The only hotel In Nolson that has remained under one management since 1890. The bod-rooms, are weU.furnished and lighted by electricity. - The bar Is always stooked-by the beat) dom _��� bio and Imported liquors and olgars. ' THOMAS MADDEN, Proprietor. SLOCAN JUNCTION HOTEL J. H. McMANUS, Managor P. Burns & ���o. Head Officii at NELSON, B. O. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Meats Markets at Nelson,. Rossland, Trail, Kaslo, Ymir, Sandon, Silverton, New Denver, Revelstoke, Ferguson Grand Forks,- Greenwood, Cascade -City, Midway, and Vancouver. Mail Orders Promptly Forwarded West Kootenay Butcher Co. ALL. KINDS'OF FRESH AND SALTED MEATS WHOLESALE! AND RETAIL FISH AND POULTRY IN SEASON Baker Street, Nelson E; �� TRAVES, Manager oRnwRR bv MAiia Rwnt��*T<***��i riARWS'TTT. aud -���.nwrov t���i'���w���nv ROS.S.*L,AIND BIVaiNEERING WORKS CUNLTFFE & McMILLAN Founders and Machinists, Specialty of-Ore Cars, Ore-Bin-Doors and Ceneral Mining Machinery. List of second-hand machinery on hand, -which has been thoroughly overhauled and is as good as new: 1 2'-H. P. Locomotlvo-typo holler, with one-ino attached and nil 111 tings, ready to turn on steam. 1 H"x8" Double-Cylinder Friction Draln-Holst, built by IuRersoll Co. 1 Sinking Pump, No. 5 Cameron. New -York. 1 SlnkioK Pump,il0"x5"j'13". outside packed plunger pattern. Watch this advert i-cment for further lists, or write us before you buy for complete list. AVe may-have just what.you *w_nt. Agents for.-Northoy Pumps. Stock carried. P. O. Box 198. THIRD AVENUE, ROSSLAND. OUR filters I Trp rif"_QTQ '"RTT-T r_T_rT7' r'W'W-TVOUR closests A.RK FILTERS | *��� i- "O^-POJLO PU A \J Ft Ed U-iWl j ARE NOISELESS To drop us a post card that -we may- call-.and Never have any plumbing * done until - you rive estimates. It saves many dollars, lave seen our goods and our prices. -OPPOSITE- pr��urro*��'TI'in*(n. STRACHAN BROTW12RS7Plumbws7 -HI** BBST KOOTENAY.... COFFEE OO. ************************ Coffee Roasters Deaiera in Tea and Coffee ' & ���"' *********���*���***.*.*.*.*.*.**.*.*.**. We are-oiTeriiiK at lowest-prides the heat grades ul' Ceylon, IndiovQIiitia and Japan Tens... Our Be.*', liocha and Java Cofl'ee, per. pound ...: 3 i0- .Mocha nnd Java .Mend, 3 pounds 1 00 Choice Hlend Cofl'ce, 1 ��� ounda 1 00 ��� Special Ulend Coll't'e. (i poi-cds 1 00 Rio Blond CoflVe, 0 pounds ��� 1 00 Special Blend Cejlon Tea, per pound IW rtar stooked with best brands of wines, liquors, and Cigars. Boer on draught). Large ooiuforb- ahla-i ron*rw*. Ylrotw-Iaivi tahtn bonrd. Ask Your Orocer_ for New SWIE3ET4 CID^R for Mince Pies. CIDER VINEGAR THORPE & CO., Ltd. A TRIAL ORDER SOLICITED. KOOTENAY COFFEE CO: Telephone 177. P. 0. Box 182. WEST BAKER STREET, NELSON.: R. REISTERER & CO. BBEW-Ra _N�� 110-m.KRB O- FINE LAGER BEER, ALE AND PORTER AnheuserBusch ST. LOUIS LAGER To be had wholesale at Nelson. Prompt, and regular : Anllvmy tn Who toriuT* Brewery ��i Mnlnon B. G. EXPRESS and Transfer Co. clt: Baggageand express moved to any part of the ty. Spooial attention givou to heavy toamiupr. Ofllce wlththe Nelson Wine Co..,Baker street. GEO. F. MOTION, Manager. Telephone 93. R. P. Rithet & Co., Ltd. VICTORIA, B.C. A. B. GRAY, Baker Street, Nelson ,Kootenay ..Agent. P. J. RUSSEI_1_ Buyer and Exporter of RAW FURS REILEY& BENOY SUCCESSORS TO II. P. ASKCROFT) BLACKSMITHS AND WOOD WORl-C-f.* EXPERT H0RSESH0EINC. WHOLESALE TRADE JERATED AND MINERAL WATERS. THORPK &'CO., lalMITEl).���Corner Vornon and Cedar streets, Nelson, manufacturers of and wholesale dealerH in aerated waters and fruit syrups. Solo; agents for .Halcyon Springs mineral water.- Telephone GO. ASSAYERS'* SUPPLIES. TTT P. TKKTZEL/& CO.���Corner Baker and - VV ��� Josephine stroets, Nelson, wholesale doalers In. assayers ^supplles^ Agents for Denver Firo Clay Co. of Denver. Colorado. COMMISSION MERCHANTS. HJ. EVANS & CO.-Baker stroet, Nolson ��� > wholesale dealers in liquors, olgars cement, fire briok and fire clay, water plpe^aud steel rails, and general commission merchants. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. KOOTENAY ELECTRIC SUPPLY & CONST RUCTION COMPANY���Wholesalo dealers in telephones^annunciators. bells, batteriep, fixtures, etc., Houston block. Nelson. FLOUR AND FEED. Grain olevators ut all principal points on Calgary- Edmonton R. R. Mills at Victoria, Now Westminster. aud'Edmonton, Alberta. qiAYLOR J- stroet, FEED & PRODUCE CO.-Baker Nelson (George. F. Motion's old stand), Flour, Food, Grain, Hay and Produce. Car lots a specialty. Correspondence solicited. Phone 26. P. FRESH AND SALT MEATS. BURNS & CO Baker street, Nelson, wholesale doalers ln fresh and oured meats. Cold storage. GROCERIES. A MACDONALD & CO.���Corner Front.and HaU aud streets, wholesale grocers S9.65 JY. GRIFFIN 8c CO.-Front street), Nelson, ��� wholesale dealers ln provisions, oured meats, butter and eggs. HARDWARE AND MINING SUPPLIES. H, BYERS & CO.���Corner Baker and Josophlno ��� streets, Nelson, wholesalo dealers iu hardware and mining supplies. Agouts for Giant Powder Co. LAWRENCE HARDWARE COMPANY Baker St., Nelson, wholosale dealers in hardware and mining supplies,-and water and plumbers' supplies. LIQUORS AND DRY GOODS. TURNER, BEETON tc CO.-Corner Vornon and Josophlno streots. Nelson, wholenalo dealers in liquors, olgars and dry goods. Agents for Pabst Brewing Co. of Milwaukee and Cnl gar? Browing Co. of Calgary. POWDER, CAPS AND FUSE. HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY-Bakor street, Nelson, manufacturers of dynamlto, sporting, stamping and black blasting powdors, wholesale dealersln oops nnd fuse, and elootrto blasting apparatus. SASH AND DOORS. NELSON SAW AND PLANING MILLS, LIMITED���Corner Front and Hall streets. Nelson, manufacturers of and wholesale- dealersln sash and doors; all kinds of factory work made to order.. - WINES-AND CIGARS..' /���"���IALIFORNIA WINE COMPANY, LIMI- <*-/ TED���Corner Front and'Hall streets, Nolson, -wholesale-dealers In wines (case and bulk, and flamonoHn and Irnnortnw** alarara. AGENTS ��� *fivtPERIAL OH, COMPANY, Ltd. No order can bo accepted unless. accompanied by cash. Office: Corner of Hall and Baker Streots. TELEPHONE 33. Leth bridge Gait Goal The best value for the money in the market for. all purposes. terms oabh W. P. Tibbmst. General Agent Tfileplume 1*7, OfiiawwlthC.D.J,C_rta_c. A. RyBARROW, A. M; I. C. E. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR Corner Vlotoria and Kootenay Streets. P. O. Box ��S9. TELEPHONE NO, W ENGINEERS. CHARLES PARKER-Minlng and milling engineer. Turner-BoeckJ-Block; Baker afcreati. Tajaloat��� . ARCHITECTS. EWART & CARRIE-Architects. Rooms 7' and fl Aberdeen Mock, Bgkot. street, iNeJspijf ��� O ���a- * i ��/ THE TRIBUNE: NELSON B, C MONDAY; DECEMBER f* BANK OP MONTBBiL CAPITAL, all paid up.... $12,000,000.00 REST :... 7.000.000.00 UNDIVIDED PROFITS 427,180.80 Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal ...President Hon. George A. Drummond Vice-President E. S. Clouston -. ��� General Manager NELSON BRANCH Corner Bakor and Kootenay Streets. A. H. BUCHANAN, Manager. Branches ln London (England) Nkw York, Chjcauo, und all the principal cities in Canada. soil Sterling Exchange and Cable Crodlts, Buy and Tr.ui titers. Grant Commercial and Travelers' available ln auy part of the world. Drafts Issuod, Collections Mado, Eto. - Savings Bank Branch OUKHKNT BATK OK INTKRKRT PAID. PYRITIC SMELTING SOON To Be Tested Near Greenwood. GiREKNWOoi"-, December 23.��� [Special to The Tribune.]���Not later than the first week in February the management of the pyritic smelter hope to have the plant ready to bo blown in. There is much activity at the smelter site,^ which is situated three milesbelow Greenwood, on Boundary creek, and by the first of the week work on the assembling of the machinery should be fairly well started. The work of constructing the large main building: is practically finished. All the necessary grading, brick and masonry has been completed and foreman Sam Young is now devoting his .attention to unloading several cars of machinery that have been sent down to the switch and getting same in readiness to be put together. The site secured by,the company is inevery respect an ideal one. It consists of a tract of thirty acres of land on the west side of Boundary creek, just above the falls. ��� The smelter is located in the center of this tract on three natural' benches, facing the east and having a frontage on the creek of about half a mile in length. Between the smelter and the creek ample ground is to be had for dumping slag. Water for the smelter, for use in the water jackets aud in granulat1- ing the slag, is conveyed to the site from a dam a mile above, and then jnimped into - a 10,000 "gallon tank oir-Jriie grounds. This will be supplemented by the installation of a force pump located on- the. creek. Another feature of the site is a valuable lime quarry > near.at hand, located and opened up immediately alongside of-the, main line of the Columbia & "Western railway. , It includes a number of acres of the iinest lime rock to be found, and can be quarried and laid down in the lime bins for less than 50 cents u ton. Ample railroad facilities me provided by the Columbia & Western, which runs through the site. Sidetracks and spurs have been staked out by the C. P. It. engineering department, and this week the trestles for tho same will be finished and the steel laid. The main wagon road between Greenwood, and Midway also passes through the property, so it is accessible by both water and rail. Among the buildings completed are the assay and general office buildings. Those are located at the north end of the site. The assay office is a frame building 20 x 21 =feetiin*iSi*ze.=JmmediatelyF_:in=fi*ont is located the general business office. It is a substantial two story structure 2S x 38 feet in size, with three large offices on the ground floor and five room's on the second floor. Other outbuildings are stables, carpenters and blacksmiths shops and a supply warehouse.; The largo main building���the smelter proper���nearly completed is 182 feet in length by 121) feet in width. Measuring from the feed floor, in the center of the building to the roof,, tho. height will be 04 feet and from the furnace- floor to the roof nearly 80 foeb. For use in this building alono some 400,000 feet of lumber was required. The different departments contained in this structure might best be described as follows: Facing from the north, on the west is the sampling department. Here will be installed the following machinery: Two 30 and two 18 inch automatic samplers; one 7 by 10 inch Blake crusher; two sets of-12 by 20 inch rolls, and two belt elevatoi'3. East of this department are located the bins for the sample discard. Next comes two parallel rows of ore storage bins, each bin being 16 by 16 feet in size, with eight bins in a row. To the east again are lime and coke storage bins. All these bins are situated practically iu the centre of the building, and overhead crossing the ore bins aro double rows of railway ti*ack. Next conies the furnace floor department, with a floor running east from the stone retaining wall 00 feet, with a length of HO feet. The walls for the dust flue are finished, as also the concrete base for both the stack .yd furnace. The hot and cold THE BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA NELSON Is now prepared to issue Drafts and Letters of Credit on Skaguay, XT. S., Atlin, B.-0., and Dawson City, N. W. T. blast pyritic smelting furnace to be installed here will be 40 by 170 inches inside at tuyer lines,' having exactly the same cubic capacity as those in use at the Granby smelter. The metal smokestack when set up will tower 112 feet above its base. Its diameter is 9 feet 0 inches. Iu the southeast corner of the furnace department will be located a No. 7 Gonnisville blower with a 75 horsepower engine to run same; two 80 horse-power boilers with 00 foot smokestacks aud a 45 horse-power engine to operate the sampling Avorks. The railway facilities to be provided the smelter consist of a supply track- about ,1500 feet in length running parallel to the main line of the'Columbia & Western to the west of the main building. The ore*1 track will be 1300 feet in length and within 250 feet of the north end of the smelter will form a "V" running two parallel tracks into* the building, over the ore storage bins. In the south end will be located the coal-spur which will will run to the furnace floor. The pyritic smelter is aimed to be a custom plant. The machinery, manufactured by the Denver Engineering Works Company of Denver, Colorado, is all at the site ready for installation. The furnace to be used is what is known as the Staudard New Combined Hot and Cold Blast. Pyritic Furnace. Ib is the ^.raost modern snielting^plant know*.! to the science, and the"* work claimed for it is in its efficient and economical method of reducing ores. It allows a high per cent of silica, and utilizes the waste heat of the furnace to produce the hot blast, thereby largely decreasing the cost of smelting the ore*?. In other words in this .system of smelting, the expense of roasting ores (driving off the sulphur) whicli is practiced in the majority of smelting works, and which often exceeds half the cost of smelting, disappears entirely, for this very sulphur is used as a prime factor in generating the heat necessary -to carry on the smelting,- and in some cases sulphide ores may be smelted for less than what ib costs to roast them by hand labor under the old system. Quebec capital is largely interested in this smelter, .as the Standard Pyritic Company, Limited, is a subsidiary of the Standard Copper Company, Limited. The last company has its head, office iu Quebec city, Quebec, and its registered office for; the province at Greenwood. The following gentlemen are at the head of the undertaking, which includes. large raining and smelting operations iu this district. President, William Price, Quebec, a millionaire lumber merchant and a director of the Union Bank of Canada; vice-president, honorable Ade- lard.Turgeon, M.P.P., Quebec; minister of colonization and mines for the province of Quebec; H. T. Mac- hin, Quebec, a director of the Canadian Electric Light & Power Cora- pany:_JYrilliflm_���A.i31arsh(^ Quebec, a wealthy shoe manufacturer and a director of the Quebec bank; John Ritchie) Quebec, also a wholesale shoe manufacturer; Philip Aspin- wall, Spokane, a well known mining operator and capitalist and Andrew Laidlaw, Greenwood, managing director of tho .company. Backed witli ample capital and possessing the exclusive right in this district for the Staudard Pyritic system of smelting there is every reason to believe with the businesslike methods of its management that the company'will become 'a prosperous and remunerative concern. Imperial Bank of Canada HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO.- '. Capital Authorized Capital Paid up Rest $2,500,000 $2,458,603 $1,700,000 D. R. Wilkie, General Manager. . E. Hay. Inspector. Nelson Branch���Burns Block, 221 Baker Street J. M. LAY. Manai?.. BU3INE88 MENTION. Cellar to Rent���Apply Merchants Bank of Halifax. To let���Furnished rooms in Carney block. Reasonable rates. Special Christmas dinner at the Nelson Cafe front 12 in. to 8 p.m. If you want to buy or sell anything go to the "Old Curiosity Shop." Hack calls left at the Pacific Transfer barn on Vornon street. Telephone call 35. For Rent���Store in Tremont Hotel block. Apply to Malone & Tregilhin, Tromont hotel. For Sale���A new house, very convenient, modern improvements, easy terms. Ad^ ply A. _i. Clarke, Stanley und Curbonato streets "New lot just in."���For fresh randies, fruits, nuts, etc., call at tho Bon Ton Confeotionory, Raker street, Miss A. L. lvlmk- wilts. _ c :-.To Rent or For Sale���Residence of F.'W. Peters. AVill rent furnlshod for two months or sell. Apply to li. A. Langford, tramway ofllce. For s.ale���Lot 10, block 17, 30 foot frontage on Victoria street, two houses on property; Price 32800, terms easy. Address Frank (5. Graham, care of Matheson & Graham's barb-i-shop. "Miss Von Der Werth���Clairvoyant-, palmist and card reading. Gives advice on commercial business and mining; reunl'es unhappy lovers and brokcu-up families. Room 1, ovoi- Thomson Stationery Company. The Nelson Soda Water Company will be obliged if householders having their empty syphons, or patent hciow top bottles, will c-inmunicate with them by telephone or postcard as the syphons and bottles are required for the holiday trade. For Sale.���New three-story brick block on Hastings street, Vancouver, 11. C��� with cement basement, 125 by 25. for sa'e. * Present ownor will take a ten year lease of same; this will bring over 10 per conn of-investment. Address box 518, Vancouver, B. C. A FULL LINE OF Front Doors Inside Doors Screen Doors Windows Inside Finish local and-coast. Flooring - local and coast. Newel Posts Stair Rail Mouldings Shingles Rough and Dressed Lumber of all kinds, nr what you *w_nt ib not in- stock WK WILL MAKE IT FOR TOD CALL AND GET PRICES, J. A. Sayward BALI. AND LAKE STREETS, NELSON Porto Rico Lumber Go. (LIMITED) CORNER OP HENDRYX AND. VERNON STREETS Surpassing* Display in Fall Suitings AH the fashionable creations in Fall and Winter wear are included in my last consignment of Scotch and Irish Serges, Tweeds and Worsteds, and Fancy Trouserings Rough and Dressed Lumber Shingles Mouldings A-1 White Pine Lumber Always in StocK. We carry a' complete - stock of Coast Flooring**,- Ceiling, Inside Finish,-Turned Work, Sash and Doors. . Special order work will receive prompt attention. . Porto Rico Lumber Co; Ltd. Ward Bros. <�� ^^^^ '/&; e=?' '��-=__��"-*-��� '��=?' a? '�����-?* t=3' C-?'c-^> ���^���^fip'fzB'. up^Ss Established in Nelson in 1890 ���^ RUSH ORDERS '���Wzm m is .the feeling with which onr customers 'look upon'.goods from our house, for thoy reason that they can ho depended upon to give the customer perfect satisfaction. They know tliat in our Hue each season they find the newest things, many things not found elsewhere, always the things which are tlie readiest buyers, iind which strongly appeal to the popular f.ancjr. They know that there is no element of rUk in buying from, us; that there is no experimenting about ifc. They aro certain of buying the goods iu season and afc satisfactory prices. This advantage is what wo wish to call your attention to these rushing holiday times. Couple - this with an assurance of lowest prices, and liberal treatment, and . you. have our method .of . doing business. All our goods are too numerous to mention. They include however diamonds, and all kinds of precious jewels, sterling silver and all kinds of sterling silver novelties. We have everything you need outside of money. AVe want your money and will give you tho worth of ifc. Your orders will have our prompt attention. All engraving done freo oT*''6harge. ���***���***���*******.***** : y JACOB DOVER, The Jeweler ELECTRICAL JVjAGHINERY Transformers Telephones, Bells Ann u n c iato rs,Lamps GAS AND ELECTRIC FIXTURES 7 HOT WIRE ARC LAMPS FOR INCANDESCENT CIRCUITS.! y CLING SURFACE BELT PRESSING ELECTRIC SUPPLIES. KOOTENAY ELECTRIC SUPl|Y��M ;y;;~-y!;Nelson^B;;<^::::;'.v:^ MUSICS ,57 graduateiri vocal and li. Mnrra: sl.rumenial -nuiidc.''i_~no>v*propared.''tO'.'reeoIV-'^*-$^ pupils (or Instruction in ; voice culture, Ital_vn'4"^i��*5 method, also ptanottnd'or^'n.-*.'-.''^-.':,-i*-:.,-vv./;j:.^'LV'':��*if^i# For terms and further particulars apply room S<&SgS% 5, A. Macdonald buUding. cornor Josephine and^)f;>:sS|; Vernon street.1 : ���'-'��� .���������"-' ���!'���-.-. ; ". '.'>'��� ��� ������-.'���'������-\.''-''<^&i&k>�� TEADES UNIONS^ ,-'. .i;,"!;*-;**'- ^'Mj^Tf^ NELSON MINERS" VH_a_.:_*Q-&;W..V?6?Mmi M.���Meets in/minors' union rooms,-"* "- a..i.i*s��-je�� .. . . -- - -. ��� :_orth-rsa!**SgfI east corner Vlotoria and Kootenay streets, every 5S.ffi$*|g Saturday evening at 8*o_lock->. Visitingiinem^W bors -welcome.' M. It. Mowatt, President, '.lame ������K^J^Ss Wilkes, "Secretary.-'.i Union Scale of WAGKS^-Si'!��*" fou Nelson DiSTRicT���Perishift, . machlrioS^iiS; men, $3..*>0:hammeramen miners,'?3.25; miiokers/S'KS��| carmen, shovelors and other underground labor-*^sH�� "ers," SS'OO.'������������: '���:> >���'-'��� -?_0.-.^~X.>^:K:v^r;m^^^^��m -.-���'-^ -r -���;-,-;/:'. / -/���^'���-:'/;v/v;.::/;1':"y:'^^p| TRADES AND LAB0RC6UNC*i:^TheTr^5ll^ lar meetings of the Nelson Trades and;Lia_or^^"Sa Council will be hold In the: mineral union hafliwigSa'' corner of Victoria and Kootonaystroots.on? the #*S^*t first and third'. Thursday.: of each; month;*���a,Vf4$tj&, 7.30 p. m. Q. J. Thorpe, President, a J, son, Secrotary.-"jv^^1 .���:.-.;i;:]y,}M.^_ THE Mansfield Manufacturing Go. NELSON, B. C> Builders ami Contractors Kootenay Brick & for a continuance Having taken over the business of the West Lime Company, Limited, of Nelson, I beg* to ask of the patronage, which you have heretofore extended them. My aim will be at all times to supply you with our produets at lowest possible prices. Being in a position to manufacture goods in larger quantities than before, we shall be: able to supply the trade at a lower figure. r��� It Is our intention to install machinery to manufacture our marble produets,"tand next season we shall be ina position to supply these products at"reasonable rates. We shall also Keep on hand a stock of Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Tiles and Cement. -Our Bricks and Lime Rock have taken the First Prizes at the Spokane Industrial Exposition in 1899 and also this year. We also secured prizes last year and this year for Onuimental and Building Stone. We aro prepared to offer special rates to Contractors and Builders. t ERNEST MANSFIELD, tor The Mansfield Manufacturing Company. Successors to The West Kootenay Brick & Lime Co., Ltd. Slocan, Nelson and Eossland Hidings of West.:'Koo*tenay Electoral -''���'' District. Notice is licrehy kIvcii thai, a Court of Revision and Appeal, under tho provisions of tho-"Assess- incut Act," will lie held as follows : Court J fou'-xv Ivit-lo. H. C! . Tu'esd ly, 01 li .laim- nry, 1901. at 10 o'o'ock in tl>o foi-cnooii. : -/ / Gfavcriirueiil. Auont's Olllce," Nolson, B. ��� C, Wednesday; lulli January, at*lir��o'coo:c in the forenoon. :> Govornmnnl Auenfs Olllce, llosslunil, R. O , Thursday, lllh January, -it 10 o'olock in the fo'Cnoon. ' Dated at Nolson this ljlth ilavof December. 1!��00. john a: tiJuner; ���Tudgo of Court of Revision and Appeal. LAND NOTICE. Notice Is horeby given that, thirty days after date wo, The Corporation' of the Cily of Xel.son, =intc!i(Ut:o^applj*_to=t_o^ChleC^Gominii-sioiiCD_oC_ Land-i anil Works for permission to purchase for the purposes of the Corporation, the following described land iu llio District of West JCootcnay, situate on the south bank of Kootenay river, about ten miles below Nelson : Commencing at a post marked "The Cily of Nelson's S. \V. corner,' thenco east :!0 cluiins. thence north 1*> chains to tho Kootenay river, thenco westerly itlong the Kootenay river .'(I) clinins, t.lionce south 1.1 chains to the place of beginning. TRIO COItl'OKaVTIOX OF TI1K CITY OI" NELSON, Hv Jons* Jlot.'srox, Jlayor. Ilocembcr I'Jth, I'.MiO. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENTS ��. Neelands' Building, Baker Street*. FRKD J. SQUIRB. Manager. ARTHUR GEE MERCHANT TAILOR. OPPOSITE THE QUEEN'S HOTEL. Large stock of liigh-claHi- imported goods, iialty of the Biiuars - shoulder���tni tashion In coats. specialty A latcet Agents for J. & J. TAYLOR SAFES Bogustown) Fairview Addition. GAW|BLE & O'REILLY Baker Streot REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENTS . FOR KENT (i-roomed houso and bath, together with kitchen range, complete with hot and cold water. Observatory street, magnillcent viow; rent. In- eluding water rate, SJ2.* per month. 5-roomed house, corner Cedar aud Carbonate streets; $20 per month. 5-roomed house, Hume Addition ; $15 per month, 4-roomed cottage, Gore street $12.50 per month. 9-roomed house, corner of Mill and HaU streets; $30 per month, from 1st Novemoor. Rents collected. Loans made. Agents for British Columbia Permanent Loan & Savings Company.'- - ��� .\ SAW & NELSON PLANING MILLS Limited. We are prepared to Furnish by Rail, Barge or Teams DIMENSION LUMBER, r ROUGH and DRESSED LUMBER LOCAL and COAST CEILING LOCAL and COAST FLOORING DOUBLE DRESSED COAST CEDAR RUSTIC, SHIPLAP, STEPPING ' ' PINE and CEDAR CASINGS DOOR JAMBS, WINDOW STILES TURNED WORK, BAND-SAWING BRACKETS, NEWEL POSTS TURNED VERANDA POSTS STORE FRONTS ��� DOORS, WINDOWS and GLASS. Get Our Prices before purchasing* elsewhere. OFFICE: CORNER HALL AND TRONT STREETS. FACTORY : HALL STREET, C. P. R. CROSSING. MILLS- HALL STREET WHA__?l :M"Q*SaE*adlli9^ AT 7 PER CENT BUSINESS PROPERTY AnnlT �������. T.. laWNVOX. Haillnllnr. Vnloon H ���'; ON LAND Notice Is hqreby,given NOTICE. that sixty days after date 1 Intend lo apply to the koUI commissioner use on crown lands, .situate In Went Ivoot- slty of of KiO for a InuMo on .... cnay district, about ten miles from tho clt' Kaslo, in a northerly illreul Ion, eonxistliiK acres of unoccupied crown lands,uoiiiiiieuclngat a post marked C. 1'. la., Ihuni-as north on tho lake front SO chains, thenco west. 20 chains, thence south ��0 chains, thenco cast iW chaliw to place ���(.lid post of coiuinencciiieiit. ? C. P. LOUD1N. ~~ NOTICE. Rowland, II, C, N'oveinbcrlHh, lllOO. To I*. II. SAi.iHijLUtv ; Notice is hereby given that, I,.\V'!!'ainUrillil lis, Intend to claim tlio interests In the following named mineral claims formerly held by I-. H. Salisbury, on which he has neglected to pay his share of the expenses of tlio iiunuul assessment work. To wit: ������ A one-half (J) interest in tho ���'Jlunker Hill mineral claim. .... A one half (J) interestin the "Sullivan minoral A one-hair (!) iiitercsLIn the "Kidellty" minoral claim. _.ll thcadiolningclaiiiiH, ituatert on the west fork or Ihu north fori: ot Salmon river, in the Nelson Mining Division, This action Is taken under Sfctlon II of Chap-, ' tor 15. or the statutes of IS!**.) and amendments of ��� 1300. WILLIAM B. TOW.N.SKND, aVgeiit, for William (ji-illllhs. NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO-OWNERS To Oko. IT. Laji.mki-s, .1. li. Cuaxson-. or to any person or persons to whom be may have transferred his interest in the Harvey.toy iiiincrcil'-ilalm, al. Miiiiinic *Moun!aiii, Nelson Mining Division. You are hereby iiotiflcd that I have oxpen-led One Hundred Dollars in labor and imiirovumontrt upon the abovo mentioned miiieral claim, in order In hold said mineral claim under lhe provisions of the Mineral Act, and if within ninety davs from the dalo of this notice you fall or refit'-e to contribute your proportion of such exiHindiiuru, together with all costs of advertising, your in'erest'in said c'aiin will become the property of the Hiili--ciili(!r, under section four of an Act entitled "An Act to Amend the Mi**ei*al Act, WOO." SI LAU II. C ROSS. Dated thia I2th day of December, 1900. THB roeular meetings of tho Carpenters' UiJloii-*;^^i| : are neld: on iWcariesday ovoning; of VeachgS*:^; week, at .1 o'clock, in the Miners'..Union'haU.cbrTS'^s jier;viotoria'-'and'><:Kootonay'8t_i*_tB.>':'-K^:Bobin<^^^% ipodiilnwt --.'" Tornn- P/iUtnr��' fin/ti>_ifni*. ���������_.:y;^^:^:/-";J^'!.::!>^3f=ff'. * "; BRICKLAYKRS :AND MASONS'S UNION. ���'.' - Tho Brlcklayors and; Masons' International *, Union No.-3 of Nolson meets second;and*fourth Tuesdays in each month. at Minors lUiiion' hall. J, .V. Etcher, president; Joseph Clark, recording ' ind corresponding secretary. . "I.. . ������..: --.; ;������ * ' ' ' ' - _^ '__ ��� : ���. ������' - ���^____ v ^i LABORERS' UNION.���Nelson'Ei'ibbrer'a';Pro tcetivo Union, No. Sl'-'I, A. I*1. of.L., meets iu Fraternity Hall, Oddfellow's block,''corner of Ba- ���" kor and Ivootenay streets, every Monday, evenina; - vt 7:30 p.m. sharp. "Visi ting members of tlio Amen- * 'jan Federation cordially-invited .to-attend. * James Jlathow, President.. John ^Roberts, re , eoi-ding secretary. ������'������������" '....>'. '-;,���[-} ���; ���-';.; -i.'-:S'fj. ���VTELSON PAINTERS V UNION "--The * regular J '���' mooting of tho Painters' Union-is, held- che flrst and third Fridays in each month at Minors' Union hall at .7:30 sharp.'- J. H. Millward, Presidont; Will J. Hatch. Secretary., -.������:. LASTRR1CRS' UNION-The O. 1>. I. A. No ��� 172. meets every Monday evening in tho Elliot block, corner IJakor aud Stanloy streeta, at) 3 o'clock., J. D. Mover, presidont; Donald JMc- ' Taoan. H-inrelsiryl COOKS' AND WAITKItS* UaVION ���Regular meetiugs ou the second and fourth Thins- days of oach month, at 8 o'clock in Miners' Union hall.' VistiiiK brelhern cordially invited. C. V. " Hell, president; J. P. Forestall, secretary treasurer. FRATERNAL- SOCIETIES. NKLSON LODGE. NO. Z3, A. V. & A. M. . Meets second Wcdnosday ln eoo_ month. I ^N-Soiournlii*t brethren Invited. , . IS.'" ���^ >��* ' �� ���*' KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS- Nelson Lodge, No 25, Knights of Pythias, moots In I. O. O. K*. Hall, cornor llakor and.Kootenay stroot8_ every ' fuosday evening at S o'clock, ���ordially irivltod to attend. V J. A. Paquotto, K. of R. & S. ; lfiy buiUVWIa *_f V U1J Vlsittn-*- KnU-hta* J. Bradley, C. C\; NKLSON Ij. O. L.. No. 1692, moots In I. O. O. K. Ilall.oornor Rakci.* and Kootenay streots. ,y of each month. VlMtlng lnvitod. It, Robinson, "W. M. iHb brcihorn cordially \V. Crawford, RooordiiiB-Socrctary. '"~~~ SHERIFFS" SALE." Province of British Columbia, Nelson, in AV'oi KooUuiay. lo wit: ,.,... . ..��� Hy virtue of a writ of flerl-faclas, Issued outot the Supremo Court, of Hrllilh Columbia.at tho suit of tho Rank of .Montreal, plaintiff's, and to inn directed, UKainst the goodi* and chat ti.-N of the Two l-'iiemlrt Mine, Limited Malilllly, ilofuiiilnnl)-, *1 havo seized and lukon In execution all Iho rushl. title'and liiterc-b uriliiihiild dufcuiliinl**, Two Friends Mine Limited lainblllty, iu tho minoral claim known as and called "Two Friends,"situated on Ihcrihido between Lemon and Springer creeks, on llio o-ist nlopo of lacmon creek, located on the Hist day of July. A. I��. 18'J'i.nnd recorded lu the ofllco or the mining recorder lor llio Slocan Cily Mining Division or tho West Koofnay District-, on the loth day of August, A. D. 1S'U: and also all tho right titlo and interest or the said dofoudiints. Two Kricnds Mine, Limited Liability. In sixty (nO) torn* of ore, more or less, mined from the mineral claim 'Two Frlonds." aud now upon tho property: To recover the sum of two thousand and olghty-nino dollars and eighty-five cents (82.083- 83) tog'Mhor with i.-ilercst on two thousand and eighty-six dollars and thirtyflvo cents (SAlS-i 35) al six per centum per annum, from the 2l*th day of September, 1809, until payment, besides shor Ill's poundage, olllcor's Tees, and all other legal lncIilont.il expenses: All of whicli I shall expose for sale, or sulllcienl. thereof to satisfy said judgment, debt, and costs, at, ilie front, of my office noxl to tho court, house, in lhe city ot Nelson, li. (!., un Friday the 20th day of October, A. D., ��90u al the hour of eleven o'clock In the forenoon. Note.���Intending purchasers will satisfy them selves as to interesL and title of the said defen danti*. Dated at, Slocan City tho 12th day of Octobor 1(100. S. P. TUCK, ShorliT of South Kootenay- The above sale Ib postponed until "Monday, the 20th day or November, 1900,'at tlio same place and hour. S. 1*. TUCK, Sheriff"of South Kootenay.- Tho'above .sale is ' further postponed until Friday the 21st. day of Decumber, ISOO, at. tho same pla'co and hour. .'"*. . . S. P. TUCK, Uhcrill* of South Kootenay. The above snl i is further postponed until Mrndav. the 21s'. day _t January, 1901, a-, the same place and hour, _ _ - S.- P. "TUCK, Sheriff o' South Kootenavt ��� THE TRIBUNE: NELSON, B. C., MONDAY DECEMBER 2_ 1900 ALL THE LATEST ODORS, IN THE BEST FRENCH AND ENGLISH MAKES They Make Handsome Presents. W. F. TEETZEL & CO. VICTORIA BLOCK, NELSON .. Fit=Reform Clothing.. LEADS IN PUBLIC FAVOR. Keep this in mind when buying your Winter Suit. We are now carrying a complete stock of Fit-Reform makes and can ensure satisfaction. See our magnificent lines of fancy vests. The very latest in style and pattern. The Nelson Clothing House 217 AND 219 BAKER STRKKT. NELSON. STOVES! STOVES! We are sole agents for the celebrated COLE'S HOT BLAST HEATERS Will burn anything. Results unequalled in any line of heaters. I-* '���'*: in ��� *-*. ��� fa' LAWRENCE HARDWARE COMPANY mt WM. HUNTER & CO. %J It We wish all our many customers and the public in general a very Merry Christmas. to to Nelson; B. C. 1900. to % WM. HUNTER & CO. &e w\ I'cf'eZ' CROCKERY to WINTER CLOTHING ��� ������ at Great Discount Prices OVERCOATS offered at from 10 to 25% Discount. NOBBY WINTER SUITS, All-Wool and Serges, at from 10 to 25% Discount. Always willing- to show Goods. No trouble. Every Garment Guaranteed. -TH^Or-MArDSQNt���Baker-Street^��� Christie's Plum Puddings HAVE NO EQUAL. Houston Block. Telephone 161. P. O. Box 176. JOHN A. IRVING & CO. CROW & MORRIS Baker Street, Nelson. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL .... TOBACCONISTS Sole Agents for ���PADDY'S. TOBACCOS Branches at F"ossland aqd Greenwood. ��,���*****.*.**< . '-." See our special assortment of Cigars and Pipes suitable for Xmas Presents. Cigar and Cigarette Holders and Cases. Tobacco Pouches of all kinds, and Smokers Requisites. All the best brands of Imported and Domestic Cigars. B B B and Loewe Pipes. ********���*.*** COME AND SEE THEM WD CAN SUIT YOU' ALL Pitl-HS Removal Sale In we order to clear out the remainder of our stock of FANCY GOODS TOYS, ETC. will sell at greatly reduped prices until December 24th. We are unable to display our stock of new goods, but if you don't see what you want, ask for it. We have it. The only complete vstock of Toys, Dolls, etc. in the cily is to be found at our OFERA HOUSE STORE CITY LOCAL NEWS Born, at Nelson, on Saturday morning, to the wife of John A. Irving, o_ Mill and Josephine streets, a daughter. There is doubt as to who has the best-dressed window on Baker street, but there is no doubt as to who is tlie best-dressed > man in Nelson. The man is .T. Teck Mi-Swain. All The Tribune and other newsboys, together with the city messenger boys, are cordially invited to eat their Christmas dinners at the Hotel Hume tomorrow evening at 7:.'j0 o'clock. One of Harry Ashcroft's bears escaped last night for an hour or t\v,o and a merry chase ensued. The animal was large enough to be dangerous, and no timo was lost in getting it back into captivity. The male cub is hibernating. Ab Saturday night's meeting, the Miners' Union of Nelson appropriated $20 to be spent in Christmas presents for the patients and staff of tlie general hospital, which is an evidence that the hearts of the boys are in tlie right place. ' P. Burns & Co. have authorized Thk Tribune to announce that they have a Christmas turkey for every poor family in Nelson. All that is required is for the head of the family to call at Burns & Co.'s market on Baker street and ask for a turkey and it will be given cheerfully. .Toe Thompson, who for some three years was a partner in the firm of F. J. Bradley & Co., has withdrawn from that firm and formed a partnership with Kirby Douglas. The new Brm is known as Thompson & Douglas and is located in the .Towett building on Victoria street. The auction sale of Rev. Robert Frew's household effects was largely attended again on Saturday and a large quantity of goods was disposed of, but it .was found impossible to get through the list of parcels to be disposed of, whicli numbers almost 500. . The sale will be concluded today, therefore, and citizens who desire to attend are requested.to be on hand sharp at 1:30 o'clock this afternoqn. . Yesterday's services at the Congregational church were of .special intorest, Jiev. Dr. George of Montreal presided morning aud evening and a special effort was made to raise a substantial'sum toward clearing the debt on the new church! This was successful, inasmuch as over $1500 was subscribed during . the day. Dr. George guaranteed to secure a tenth of the amount raised during the day among his friends in the east, The congregations nt St. Paul's Presbyterian church yesterday taxed the seating accommodation of the edifice to its utmost capacity. Rev. Mr. Frew preached at both services. In the course of his evening discourse he remarked that he would remain in Nelson until a pulpit supply waa assured and that prior to his departure would refer to his future plans regarding his . connection with the work in Nelson, u task to which lie did not feel equal on the present occasion. Looking for a Scrap/ William Brady, otherwise known =as"the-"KidrHs=in=the=eity=looking* for a go '������with any local pugilist who may be willing. The ���������Kid" is colored, comes from Frisco and fights at 158 or 100 pounds. He has $150 to wager on himself, and may be found at the Tremont hotel. _ Killed a Cow Moose. Stewart Patterson of." 'Gra-nby, Quebec, was in the city yesterday on his way to Grand Forks where he will remain several weeks auditing the books of the Miner-Graves smelter. Tho train on which Mr. Patterson crossed the prairies killed a cow moose near Braudou, a most unusual occurrence in a country where moose are practically unknown. On tho same train, was Dr. MacEaeheru, dominion veterinary surgeon, who is to spend several weeks at his ranch on Piucher creek. RAILROAD AND STEAMBOAT Testing the New Pontooii. A preliminary test of the pontoon slip at Procter was made on Saturday. A tug took.a* barge up to the Lauding and pushed the barge on to the slip where it was found that slight changes would' be necessary iu the apparatus for coupling. This will be done in a day or two and captain Troup has arranged to make the real test on Friday by unloading a train of cars. The appearance of tho long delayed cold snap has made it politic to have the slip in good working order so that a freeze-up on the west arm of tho lake would not delay business. Lines Clear Now. The cold snap''has settled the mudslide question for the railroads, tempoiarily at least. The frost will bind the earth until the next thaw,-which the: railroad men devoutly hope''-will be long averted. The trains in and "out of Nelson are running on time for the . first time in a week, and on the Crow's Nest road no further trouble is expected for some time at least. Tho open-. ing of the road released the'freight trains held up on account of the many land slides," and yesterday 45 cars came in from Kootenay Landing to Nelson. Among the loads received '.were five cars of poultry, so that all danger of a poultry famine during the holiday season is past. .... She Didn't Move. The big engine "No. 783, derailed on the Slocan branch last woik, will be replaced oh the rails shortly, the tackle for the_purpose of lifting the 110-ton millbeing about ready. Passengers on passing trains have not' ceased to "wonder how the locomotive escaped plunging into the river. At the point where the track gave way the bank slopes at an angle of almost 45 degrees into the river and the engine seems to be poised on the edge without any apparent reason to keep it from dropping into deep water three feet below. It.is stated that the report of the mishap wired to Nelson read that the.engine had "turned over and hadn't moved since" literally rather a humorous wording, but. actually conveying the idea which it was desired, to,convey, Miscellaneous. The steamer'Kooteiiay struck on a sandbar Saturday as she was coming through,the narrows into the Arrow lakes!, The craft managed to get off tlie bar."after a delay of three hours. The cold weather will haveca decidedly stimulating. .effect on the building operations in the C. P. R. yards. It was next to impossible to put the finishing touches on the buildings during the wet spell, but the work will. go ahead rapidly during the next week or two. Canada Drug & Book Co. limited. Ea_y for the Thief. A sneak thief abstracted several dollars' worth of necktie9 and men's furnishings from J. F. Weir's store on Baker street last nigh, without breaking the: window or in auy way committing the offence of burglary. At the bottom of the window frame are a number of openings six inches long and half an inch wide to admit air for the purpose of preventing frost forming on the glass, The sneakthief sized up the situation and between 10 and 11 o'clock snared a number of articles with a stick. Two passers-by saw a lad leaning up against the window and as they couldn't understand his reason for doing so, stopped at the corner aud watched. Tlie lad saw them and de* amped. Dispute Over Mineral Claims. To the Editor of The:Tribune: Allow me space': in your paper for an answer to a notice I saw in The Tribune of'I)eoeji*Qber 19 concerning the Royston group of claims ou Morning mountain. I understand by The Triruni-* that they have formed a company. I wish that -company'-toHinderstand=that=I=own-= a one-half interest Vin the mineral claim called the Nevada, which takes in part, of the ground they call the Royston group. I also have done assessment work' on.it, and according to the mineral act I intend to hold it. It would be wise for that company to look over the ground and see if there are not more claims interfering with that group before going further.: J also give those parties that staked the Skeen-Dow and Nellie to understand that according to the mineral act you have got to have mineral iu place and lines cu.fcto.hold a claim. John McAuto.v. Nelson, December 20th. "WW BE, "_2"_____R,S Sc OCX _STEI_SO_Sr KASLO s_9__sri.o*_>r ST0VESI STOVES! STOVES! HEATING STOVES, COOKING STOVES, AND STEEL RANGES Sole Agents for the Original Cole's Hot Blast Goal Heaters SEE OUR GUNS AND RIFLES HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL KINDS OF AMMUNITION TKUCPHONK 27 Store. Corner linker and Josephine Slice PERSONAL. II. Pol lard ���' of Moyie is at the Tremont. hotel. J. Watkins of Forty-nine creek is at the Madden house. W. H. Dowsing returned to Spokane yesterday morning. Thomas Carrie of Kaslo and H. W.Power of Vancouver-aro registered at the Queen's hotel. G. O.-Buchanan of Kaslo and G. H. Miller of Winnipeg, C. P. K. auditor, are at tho Hotel Phair. G. A. Stewart Potts and family left yesterday for Victoria, where they will remain some weeks. E. V. Thompson and A. Sharman of the California Wine Company lefc Saturday night to spend (he holidays at the coast. George AV". Thompson, a lawyer from Vancouver, spent yesterday in the city renewing old friendships with local legal men. ���"W7.T. O'Brien of Revelstoke is in tho city visiting bin brolli-'r, Frauk O'Brien' of the smelter stall'. Mr. .O'Brlon is at the Hotel Hume. It Counts in Results \^________^__m__^. The particular housewife wants the best materials for her cooking: Nice Sweet Butter Good Fresh Eggs are our specialties. They ensure a delightful freshness in all you cook, and attractive daintiness when it is served on your table. 1 The Palm .. This handsome Confectionery Store and Lunch Parlor will be open on. SATURDAY, DEC. 22 The best stock of Confections in Nelson. Everything Fresh. W. G. BROWNE K-W-C Block Ward Street KIRKPATRICK & WILSON The Leading Grocers. Telephone 10- 185 Baker Street to to to $ to Ladies.. In purchasing presents. for gentlemen, do not throw money away on useless neckties. A pipe is the safest present, and in pipes we carry the largest and best stock in Nelson. Here are some of our best Case Pipes.. G. B. D. SPECIALS L. & CO. B. B. B. PETERSONS ������ **********��*; THE ��� ��������������� CABINET Baker St. O. B. CIGAR STORE MATTHEW. m Prices Cut in Two ������# VT��T * to J. H. MATHESON, Sscret-ry. When You See a Good Thing GO FOR IT ��� ������ We have pood things to dispose of and want you to come for them. CANDIES FOR CHRISTMAS Qanong's Chocolate-* are superb. Put up in such pretty boxes.. Lowney'n Famous Bon-Bons and Chocolates. These come in beautiful boxes. Rowntree's Celebrated Chocolates also upon our counters in attractive form. What bettor Christinas-present than a large box of these candies, FOR THE CHILDREN We have all eorts of Fancy and Plain Candies. Too many to tell about, you must see them. The prices are ridiculously low. See our landless Assortment of Christmas Tree Ornaments before getting your tree. A small quantity will mate your tree a thing of beauty. FRENCH CRY STALKED. FRUIT. TOM SMITH CRACKERS. J. A.MACDONALD Palace Confectionery Madden Blcck, Ward Slreet. Telephone 206 ���<5